Things Can Go Kaboom When a Defense Contractor's 3-D Printer Gets Hacked

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http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2014/09/heres-why-you-dont-want-your-3-d-printer-get-hacked/93923/

By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov.com
September 11, 2014

Defense companies that manufacture parts with three-dimensional printers 
using metal powders might want to heed forthcoming government-issued 
standards for preventing hacks.

Not only can attackers steal proprietary designs by breaching the 
machines’ data files – but they can also cause physical damage to 
production plants and employees.

"A compromise may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of 
both the device and the information it processes," state National 
Institute of Standards and Technology draft guidelines for avoiding 3-D 
printer breaches.

Military contractors increasingly are using the machines to mass-produce 
components for weapons systems, vehicles and other hardware to save time 
and money. 3-D printing, also called additive manufacturing, creates solid 
objects by layering thin sheets of material following the instructions of 
a digital computer file.

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